Tie fastener



g- 1929- F. KRE'MSKI ET AL 1,726,185

TIE FA-STENER Filed April 19. 1927 Herman JI'emer/h INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 27, 1929.

UNITED STA TES f PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ KREMSKI- AND HERMAN SIEMER-ING, OF NEW YORK, N. vY.

TIE FASTENER.

, Application filed April 19,

This invention relates to tie fasteners, and has for one of its particular objects to pro vide a clasp for fastening a tie to the shirt front in a simple and efficient manner. An-

other object is to so construct the clasp that v the same is rendered invisible when worn by application underneath the tie. A further object is to permit of ready adjustment of the clasp with respect to the shirt front and the tie, so that the tie can be fixed in the most advantageous position without bulging and wrinkling. A still further object is to attain these desired ends'by a clasp which is of sturdy construction, easy to adjust, and very economical to manufacture. Still other objects will appear in the following specification and the accompanying drawings in which preferred embodiments of our invention are shown.

' In the drawings, j

. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a shirt front and a tie, the upper half of the tie being partly turned. over to disclose the clasp in the position in which it is fastened to the tie before'being secured to the shirt front; I v

Fig.2 is a similar perspective view showing a modified form of clasp;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view through the fastener, tie and shirt front;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the fastener proper; I

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view along the plane of line 55 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a plan view, and Fig. 7 an elevational View showing a modified form of clasp;

Figs. 8 and 9 are similar views of a similar clasp showing a modification of the connection of the clasp to the shirt; and

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are, respectively, a plan view, a bottom view, and a side view of a fastener embodying a modified form of connection to the tie.

Like numbers of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views and the following specification.

10 is a shirt. 11 is a tie having a front flap 12 and a back fiap 13.

14 is a flat bar having two lugs 15 projecting at right angles therefrom, supporting a pivot pin 16 between them. 17 is a lever, having two lugs 18 pivotally mounted upon pin 16 between lugs 15. 19 is a spring coiled around pin 16, having one end resting on 1927. Serial No. 135,022.

at, preferably, rightangles, this extension being provided with two lugs 21 similar to lugs 15 of bar 14, but at the opposite side thereof. A pivot pin 22 is supported by lugs 21. 23 is a lever having two lugs 24 pivotally mounted upon pin 22 between in 21. 25 is a coded spring around pm 22 having one end resting upon extension 20 of the bar 14 and its other end on lever 23 forcing them apart. Thus it will be seen, that the" fastening device consists of essentially a bar having at one s1de a clasp, the bar being extended at one end and havlng a similar clasp at, preferably, right angles, at the side opposite to the one where the former clasp is positioned.

In applying our fastener'to the tie, the clasp formed by lever 23 and extension 20,

designated hereafter for convenienceA, is.

slipped over the junction of the inner sides of the front flap of the tie, as shown in Fig. l. The clasp formed by lever 17 and bar 14, called B hereaftergis then snapped to the he adjusted to a position higher or lower alongside the edge of the shirt front, until the front flap 12 of the tie is straight and does not bulge away from the shirt.

In Figs. 6 and 7 is shown a modification of the fastener which has at one side of a somewhat longer bar 14 a clasp B its component parts being numbered the same as clasp B in Fig. 3-5 with the added suffix a, and at its other side two oppositely disposed clasps A and A similar to clasp A of the aforesaid construction, their component parts being numbered the same with the added suffix a and b, respectively. The method of attaching the fastener to the tie is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The clasps A and A are snapped to the adjoining inner sides of the front flap of the tie, and because of its width, keeps the front flap flat and imparts to it a degree of rigidity. The fastener is secured to the shirt front in the manner described above.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the clasp B is eliminated, and a spring-like extension 14 of bar 14 .shirtffront 10. together with the back flap, .13 ofthe tie 11. The clasp B can then takes its place, the function and purpose of the tie. The bar 14; and 14:, respectively, of the former constructions, is changed into bars 14 and 14 14: is provided with a clasp B having its component parts numbered the same as in the previous figures. Bars 14 and 14 have each in about its center, projecting at substantially right angles from the bars, extensions 26 and 26 27 are lugs projecting from extension 26 at right angles, supporting a pivot pin 28 between them. 29 are lugs projecting from extension 26 pivotally mounted upon pin 28 between lugs 27. 30 is a coil spring around pin 28 having one end resting on extension 26 and its other end on extension 26 forcing them apart, and thereby bars 14c and 14 together. The manner of securing this modified type of fastener to the tie is obviously the same as explained in reference to the types shown in Figs. 6 to 9, and consists in simply snapping the bars 14 and 14 to the tie by pressing together extensions 26 and 26, and then adjusting the Clasp longitudinally to the shirt front and back flap of the tie by clasp B It is understood that the invention may be still further modified by combining elements of one type with elements of the other type. So, for instance,'the spring like extension shown in Fig. 8 to secure the fastener to the shirt front, may besubstituted for any of the clasps shown in the other figures. Moreover, the form of clasp per se maybe altered to conform to any of the .well known devices now used in the art for such purposes, it being the principle of the invention to prising a pair of clamping bars hingedly secured to each other forming a main clamp, one of the bars having hingedly secured to it another clamping bar forming an auxiliary clamp therewith, the said main and auxiliary clamps-being adapted to open in a direction angularly disposed to each other, one of the said clamps opening toward the end of one of the bars.

2. A fastening device for neck ties comprising a pair of clamping bars hingedly secured to each other upon a common axis parallel to the said bars, one of the barshaving hinged to'it another clamping bar upon a common axis forming an angle with the said first mentioned axis, the "said other clamping bar adapted to open at righ angles to the said pair of clamping bars.

In testimony whereof'we have hereunto set our hands.

FRANZ KREMSKI. HERMAN"SIEMERING 

